Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

FORMSLINGERS PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: Dec 20, 2018
Effective as of: Dec 20, 2018

Responsible party pursuant to data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is
Formslingers UG (haftungsbeschränkt) (“Formslingers”, “We”, “Us”, “Our” ). Formslingers respects your privacy, and we take our responsibility of caring for it seriously.
This policy describes what information Formslingers collects when you (“User(s)” or “You”) use the mobile, online and downloadable products and services (“Services”) offered by Formslingers.

Children

Protecting children’s privacy online is extremely important to Formslingers. When you identify yourself as being a child (i.e. under the age of 13 or under the minimum age in the relevant territory), please do not attempt to access or use our Services (if not explicitly otherwise stated in the relevant service) or send any information about yourself to Us. Formslingers will not knowingly collect Personal Information from anyone under the age of 13. If You believe that we might have any information from or about a child under the age of 13, please contact us at privacy(at)formslingers.com.

Your rights as the data subject

You can exercise the following rights at any time:

Information on your data stored by us and the processing thereof (Art. 15 GDPR),

Rectification of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),

Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),

Restriction of the data processing, provided that we may not delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),

Objection to the processing of your data with us (Art. 21 GDPR), and

Data portability, provide that you have consented to the data processing or have entered into a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

If you have given us consent, you may withdraw it at any time, which will remain in effect in the future.

You can contact a supervisory authority with a complaint at any time, e.g. the supervisory authority of the state of your residence or the authority that oversees us as the responsible party.

When you connect our games

Nowadays, whenever you connect to an online game, certain information needs to be collected to establish and maintain your connection to the game. The same is true for our games. Our games may give you the option to play offline, in this case we do not collect this information.

Connection Information. Our servers automatically collect some information, when you connect to our games: Your Internet Protocol address, your chosen platform that you access such game with, the date and time of your request, and information about your ownership of such game. Our legal basis for the processing of this information is (Art. 6 Para. 1 (b) GDPR).

Device Information. When you access our websites or play our games we may collect information about the device you are using, including the type of the device, the operation system you are using, your device settings, unique device identifiers, and crash data.

Dependent on what type of device you are using and its settings we may collect all or some of this information. Please check the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider to learn more about what information your device makes available to us. Our legal basis for the processing of this information is (Art. 6 Para. 1 (b) GDPR).

Recipients. Recipients of the data may be technical service providers, who work on the operation and maintenance of our game services as the processor.

When you play our games online

One aspect of our games is the online component where you can compete with other players. Depending on the game you are playing, the use of the online component may be optional. We want to provide comparable results for you regarding scores and gameplay features. We want to ensure a fair experience and that you do not have to suffer playing against cheaters. Furthermore we use this information to continually improve our games and services. We are collecting the following information for this purpose:

Game Log and Session Information. When you play our games, we collect information about how you used such game, this includes gameplay events, gameplay statistics, game session information, unlocked progression, played missions and scores. Our legal basis for the processing of this information is (Art. 6 Para. 1 (b) GDPR).

Usage Statistics Information. To continually improve our games we collect information about how you use the game for internal marketing purposes, business intelligence and content improvement. For this purpose we collect information such as your connection information including IP address and game identifiers, performance information such as score and mission events, your gameplay settings and the content you played. Our legal basis for the processing of this information is (Art. 6 Para. 1 (b) GDPR).

Profile Information. Personal to you we create a persistent profile. This profile is used to track your progression over time and to populate statistics and menus with progress information. The information collected for this purpose includes played content, completed missions and challenges, items and feature unlocks, profile statistics and profile settings.
Depending on the policies of your platform, we may collect information about your friends list and content owned associated with your platform. Please check the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider to learn more about what information your device makes available to us. Our legal basis for the processing of this information is (Art. 6 Para. 1 (b) GDPR).

Service Monitoring. To offer the best availability possible, we are constantly monitoring our games. For this purpose operational information that can be related to you may be temporarily stored by us. This information contains data such as HTTP request information, IP address, timing, identifiers, latency and response codes and internal server error information triggered by your requests. To investigate and resolve customer issues and service monitoring alerts we also might use the usage statistics information and profile information. Our legal basis for the processing of this information is (Art. 6 Para. 1 (b) GDPR).

Recipients. Recipients of the data may be technical service providers, who work on the operation and maintenance of our game services as the processor.

Collecting general information during a visit to our website

When you access our website – i.e. if you do not register or submit information – information of a general nature will be collected automatically. This information (server log files) contains the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and the like.

It is processed in particular for the following purposes:

Ensuring an unproblematic website connection,

Ensuring seamless use of our website,

Analysis of system security and stability, as well as

For additional administrative purposes.

We will not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. This type of information will be statistically analysed by us if necessary to optimise our website and its underlying technology.

Our legal basis. The processing occurs according to Art. 6 Para. 1 (f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipients. Recipients of the data may be technical service providers, who work on the operation and maintenance of our website as the processor.

Retention period. The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the reason they were collected. This is generally the case, after the respective session has ended, for data that are used to make the website available.

Mandatory or required provision. The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually mandatory. Without the IP address however, the service and functionality of our website are not guaranteed. Furthermore, individual services can be unavailable or limited. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

Cookies on our website

Like many other websites, we use so-called ‘cookies’. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.

With cookies, we receive certain information such as IP address, type of browser and operating system used.

Cookies cannot be used to start programs or to transmit viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can facilitate your navigation of our site and properly display our webpages for you.

The data collected by us will not be shared with third parties under any circumstances nor will a link to personal data be created without your consent.

Of course, you can view our website without cookies. Internet browser are regularly configured to accept cookies. In general, you can disable the use of cookies via your browser settings at any time. Please use your Internet browser’s help function to learn how to change these settings, and keep in mind that individual features of our website may not work if you have disabled the use of cookies.

Retention period and cookies used. If you allow us to use cookies, via your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be utilised on our web pages:

Cookie

Purpose

Further Information

Expiry

cookie_notice_accepted

approval to cookies through clicking on the cookie note

1 year

YouTube

We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode.

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780?hl=en-GB

8 months

Google analytics

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use this website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve this website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to this website, where visitors have come to this website from and the pages they visited.

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

26 months

In the following sections, we provide you with information concerning how these cookies can (also) pertain to personal data.

In your browser settings, you can delete individual cookies or the entire set of cookies. You will also find information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or prevent them from being saved in advance. The following links provide the information you’ll need for the respective browser providers:

User Account Registration

With the registration to use our personalized services, some personal data such as name, address, contact and communication information (e.g. phone number and e-mail address) are collected. If you are registered with us, you can access content and services that we only offer to registered users. Registered users also have the ability to change or delete the data entered during registration at any time. At any time, we will also provide you with information on the personal data about you that we have saved.

Our legal basis. The data entered during registration are processed on the basis of the user’s consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 (a) GDPR).

If the registration fulfils the obligations of a contract, whose contractual party is the data subject, or serves to implement pre-contractual measures, the additional legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 (b) GDPR.

Recipients. Recipients of the data may be technical service providers, who work on the operation and maintenance of our website or game services as the processor.

Retention period. Data are only processed in this context provided that the corresponding consent has been given. The data will be deleted thereafter, provided that no statutory retention obligations prohibit the deletion. To contact us in this regard, please use the contact information provided at the end of this privacy policy.

Mandatory or required provision. The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot give you access to our content and services.

Commentary function on our website

When users leave comments on our website, the time of their creation and the username selected by the website visitor are saved. This is for our security, as we may be prosecuted for any illegal content on our website, even if it was created by users.

Our legal basis. The processing of the data entered as a comment occurs on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 (a) GDPR).

With the commentary feature, our aim is to provide you with an uncomplicated way to interact. The information you enter will be stored for the purpose of processing the request as well as possible follow-up inquiries.

Recipients. Recipients of the data may be the processors.

Retention period. The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the reason they were collected. This is generally the case, when the communication with the user has ended and the company can see from the circumstances that the respective issue has been clarified.

Mandatory or required provision. The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot guarantee you access to our commentary function.

Newsletter

Your data will be used exclusively to send you the newsletter you subscribed for via e-mail. We request your name so that we can address you personally in the newsletter and identify you as needed should you want to exercise your rights as a data subject.

To receive the newsletter, providing your e-mail address is sufficient. When you subscribe to our newsletter, the data you provide will be used exclusively for this purpose. Subscribers can also be notified by e-mail about circumstances that are relevant to the service or registration (such as changes to the newsletter offer or technical matters).

We need a valid e-mail address to complete your registration. In order to verify that a registration is actually made by the owner of an e-mail address, we utilise the ‘double opt-in’ procedure. To this end, we log the newsletter subscription request, when a confirmation e-mail is sent and the receipt of the requested reply. Additional data is not collected. The data will be used exclusively for sending the newsletter and will not be shared with third parties.

The consent to save and use your personal data for the newsletter may be withdrawn at any time and remain in effect in the future. Every newsletter contains a corresponding link, and you can also unsubscribe on this website at any time or inform us of your cancellation via the contact option indicated at the end of this privacy policy.

Recipients. Recipients of the data may be the processors.

Retention period. Data are only processed in this context provided that the corresponding consent has been given. The data will be deleted thereafter.

Mandatory or required provision. The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Unfortunately, we cannot send you our newsletter without your consent.

Contact form

The data you enter are used for individual communication with you. A valid e-mail address and your name are required for this communication, which serves to organize your inquiry and the respective subsequent reply. Providing additional information is optional.

Our legal basis. The processing of the data entered in the contact form occurs on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 (f) GDPR).

By providing the contact form, our aim is to facilitate an uncomplicated means for you to contact us. The information you enter will be used to process the inquiry and saved for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request an offer, the processing of the information provided in the contact form will occur in order to implement pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 Para. 1 (b) GDPR).

Recipients. Recipients of the data may be the processors.

Retention period. The data will be deleted no later than 6 months after processing the inquiry.

Provided that we enter into a contract together, we will use the statutory retention periods in the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch) and delete your data according to the respective stipulated deadlines.

Mandatory or required provision. The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your inquiry if you provide us with your name, e-mail address and the reason for your inquiry.

Using Google Analytics on our website

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: ‘Google’). Google Analytics uses so-called ‘cookies’, i.e. text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is typically transmitted to a Google server in the U.S. and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymisation on these websites, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the U.S. and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, summarise reports on website activities and provide other services related to website and Internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transferred from your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be combined with other data from Google.

The data processing purposes are the website-use analysis and the summary of reports on activities on the website. Based on the use of the website and the Internet, other related services will be provided.

Our legal basis. The processing of the data occurs on the basis of the user’s consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 (a) GDPR).

Recipients. The recipient of the data is Google as the processor. For this, we have entered into the corresponding data-processing contract with Google.

Retention period. The deletion of the data occurs as soon as they are no longer necessary for our recording-keeping purposes.

Mandatory or required provision. The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. If you prevent access, this can lead to functional limitations on the website.

Revocation of consent. You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting in your browser software; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website in their entirety. Furthermore, you can prevent the collected data generated by the cookie and the data related to your use of the website (including your IP address) being transmitted to Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics.

In addition, or as an alternative to the browser add-on, you can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our web pages by clicking this link, which will install an opt-out cookie on your device. This will prevent data collection by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser in the future, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

Profiling. With the assistance of the tracking tool Google Analytics, the browsing behaviour of the website visitors can be evaluated and their respective interests can be analysed. For this analysis, we create a pseudonymous user profile.

Using script libraries (Google Webfonts) on our website

In order to present our content correctly and graphically appealing across all browsers, we use ‘Google Webfonts’ from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, hereinafter ‘Google’) to display fonts on this website.

Recipients

The use of script libraries or font libraries automatically triggers a connection to the operator of the library. It is theoretically possible – but currently also unclear whether and to what end – that the operator, in this case Google, will collect data.

Retention period

We do not collect any personal data via the integration of Google Webfonts.

Third country transfers. Google processes your data in the United States of America and is subject to the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Mandatory or required provision. The provision of your personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, the correct presentation of standard-fonts content is not possible without this provision.

Revocation of consent. The programming language JavaScript is regularly used to display content. Thus, you can opt out of the data processing by disabling JavaScript execution in your browser or by installing a JavaScript blocker. Please note that this may result in functional limitations on the website.

Embedded YouTube videos on our website

We embed YouTube videos on several of our websites. The operator of the respective plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter ‘YouTube’). YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter ‘Google’). When you visit a page with the YouTube plug-in, a connection to YouTube’s servers will be created, which tells YouTube which pages you visit. When you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can associate your browsing behaviour with you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.

If a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behaviour.

You will find additional information on the purpose and scope of the data collection and its processing by YouTube in the provider’s privacy policy, as well as additional information on your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy (https://policies.google.com/privacy). Google processes your data in the United States of America and is subject to the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Retention period and revocation of consent. Everyone who has disabled the storage of cookies for the Google ad programme will not have to expect any cookies when watching YouTube videos. However, YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you would like to prevent this, you must block the storage of cookies in the browser.

Third country transfers

Google processes your data in the United States of America and is subject to the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Mandatory or required provision

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. If you prevent access, this can lead to functional limitations on the website.

Google AdWords

Our website uses Google Conversion Tracking. The operating company of the Google AdWords services is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. If you have reached our website via a Google advertisement, Google Adwords will place a cookie on your computer. The conversion tracking cookie is used when a user clicks on an ad from Google.

If the user visits certain pages on our website, and the cookie has not expired, we and Google can recognise that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Every Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Thus, cookies cannot be tracked by the websites of AdWords customers. The information gathered by the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. The customers see the total number of users who clicked on their advertisement and were redirected to a conversion tracking tag page. However, they do not receive information that personally identifies users.

Recipients. Whenever you visit our website, your personal information, including your IP address, is transferred to Google in the U.S. This personal information is saved by Google. Google may transfer such personal data collected through the technical process to third parties.

Our company does not receive information from Google that could identify the data subject.

Retention period. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification.

Third country transfers. Google processes your data in the United States of America and is subject to the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Revocation of consent. If you do not want to participate in the tracking, you can reject the required cookie use – for example via a general browser setting that disables the automatic use of cookies or configures your browser to block cookies from the domain ‘googleleadservices.com’.

Please note that you should not delete the opt-out cookies as long as you do not want to save measurement data. If you have deleted all your cookies in the browser, you must use the respective opt-out cookie again.

Mandatory or required provision. The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. If you prevent access, this can lead to functional limitations on the website.

SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (such as SSL) via HTTPS.

Appointed processors

The following organisations, companies or people were commissioned with data processing by us:

Changes to Our Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. We will alert you that changes have been made by indicating on the Policy the date it was revised. Your continued use of the Services following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.

Contact Us

If you have a complaint or question about this policy, you may contact us at privacy (at) formslingers.com
Or at the address here below: